UL running back Elijah McGuire (22) wasted no time making an immediate impact for the Cajuns' offense as the Sun Belt's Freshman of the Year.

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Tim Buckley
tbuckley@theadvertiser.com

For the first time since the conference starting sponsoring football in 2001, two running backs from the same school have earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors.

The two: UL teammates Alonzo Harris and Elijah McGuire, who are joined on the first team by three other Ragin' Cajuns, center Andre Huval, linebacker Justin Anderson and receiver Darryl Surgent as a return specialist.

McGuire also was named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, the same honor Harris earned two years ago. ...